Shout outs also to,,,
No1, knowself, AsI, Beckett, the dude who lived on a yacht beckoning to the other side of the yellow river (lol)........ :o)
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Time, Space, Knowledge...
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righty o, star, printed this thread out & going to read it slowly to see what the fuss is about ...
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As an aside:Been reading a very well researched book on Einstein, bought years ago, and its interesting how it ties onto what many of these threads point to, 'Appearances', time-space, knowledge, perception, what you refer to star as the 'illusion of form' (appearances)..
Close to death he still called the world a very strange place.
Einstein, essentially called 'appearances' an "optical illusion of consciousness", and woke up one spring morning in 1905 with the answer 'to General relativity' after years of what he called "psychic tension" (angst, confusion, not-knowing).
Einstein said, circa, 1905, : "The solution came to me suddenly with the thought that our concepts and laws of space and time can only claim validity insofar as they stand in a clear relation to our experiences".
It seems pretty obvious, but i wonder..
~~~enjoy the day guys :)
Posted 1 year ago # -
actually, his exact quote is this...
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
but he spent his life living it, nonetheless...as a human being...
we can't say that we exist, nor can we say that we do not exist...
when we can accept this and move on, realizing our own Being...we don't have to play word games...
i have repeatedly said this...and do not wish to argue the point...it is a no win situation...and a circular argument...i prefer to spend my time determining how to make this life more joy-filled...but you and grim are welcome to go back and forth on his apparent appearance thread...
as for me, i would rather experience this life...Being...Human...
hope you enjoy the read...star
Posted 1 year ago # -
star, *scratching my head*
Actually, i got the quote from the book im reading, but perhaps Einstein said both things. Also, despite your assertions, there was no intention to argue this point with you. Just appreciated the synchronicity, of Einstein's thoughts with the collection of thoughts here on COT...
But on all counts believe what you wish ...
Anways, i will enjoy the read, thanks : )
Posted 1 year ago # -
This world of human is an illusion...a very clever play...with curtains, actors,
and plots. The trick is to look around the scenery, see between the words, and be
aware of all the places and spots where stuff doesn't fit...because that's where
the truth behind the apparent lies.Posted 1 year ago # -
EYES OF BEING...
different ways of seeing...
are the many eyes of being...
i rejoice in the different ways they are...
and in the ways making them same...
so you and i can see a rainbow through the rain...
this too is such a blessing of its own...
Being is always dressing itself up...
like surprising me as a buttercup...
when you realize Beings whole way perceive...
why would you want to change a rose into a tree?
the magic of the real lets me play a guitar...
allows the cosmologist to wonder out far...
when we see this and can contribute to the whole...
it could be said that Being has found it's soul...
taking joy in being what it always was...
seeing, being, human...made of pure star dust...
how wondrous are the many eyes of Being...
giving the gift...many ways of seeing...
StarLight Dancing...Posted 1 year ago # -
here is a link to my latest blog on Gaia, for anyone interested...
http://tlcoriginals.gaia.com/blog/2009/1/adventures_with_time_space_knowledge
Posted 1 year ago # -
starion,
Sure, but we must also be able to see that that does not fit also has a place too. That is were I see the magic anyways. lol
Posted 1 year ago # -
Star,
Maybe we are all right where we need to be in this moment.
This is where the relating comes into it imo.
Posted 1 year ago # -
if we are not right where we are suppose to be...then we would be someplace else...
but that does not mean we are suppose to stay where we are...
everything is in a flux of change...that is the nature of form...
we can either participate with that change, or we can attempt to escape...
most of the time, the latter is chosen...
to continue to uncover the deep layers of conditioning, we have to continue our own inquiry...
interacting with others is a great way of doing this...
there is a saying that i love, and that i try to live my life by...it has been very useful...and is useful still...
when i am disturbed or uncomfortable, it is because i find some person, place, thing, or situation unacceptable...and until i accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly as it is suppose to be at this moment...i can find no serenity...
when the above happens, i KNOW that this is a clear sign that conditioning is acting instead of Being...so i automatically inquire into why i am feeling what i am feeling...it always has to do with an attachment...
attachments are conditioning that has been woven into the very fabric of Being...emotions control...and most of us continue to be led around by them like a puppet...we react from habit...also, our memories keep us reacting and behaving in habitual, irresponsible, and unhealhty ways...no human is immune to this...if anyone thinks otherwise, they are living in fantasy land...and only fooling themselves...
when we begin to experience the presence of Being, there are still levels of conditioning that will need to be looked at...we are human...how could there not be? we can pretend otherwise, but it is an impossibility to be completely free of being human while we are human...being...even when this presence can experienced all the time...there will still be times when conditioning arises, and we will have to look it in the face...and admit...yeap, we are still human afterall...
it's a journey...as my good friend chip says...subtract it all...but even then...you must learn how to interact with others, and that will continue to bring deeper levels of conditioning to light...even if we went and meditated in a cave...we would still have to face our own demons...and if things continue to be triggered through interaction with others...and they will i promise...lol...we have to continue to inquire and look within for our answers....i am responsible for my own awareness...i am responsible for my own awakening to intimate Being...
joy*
Posted 1 year ago # -
Rose Petals...
mind opens like a rose in bloom...
its layers brought to light...
a knowing for the tasting...
that radiates so bright...
to bloom anew the rose must die...
each layer watch it fall...
the groundless ground of Being...
always embracing all...
i wonder does a rose feel pain...
each petal dropped with time...
or does it know that it creates...
more space to un-define...
StarLight Dancing...Posted 1 year ago # -
Simply, Grace...
the naked rose...bare to all...
no petals left to see...
no layers left defining...
the beauty of no me...
within the heart of the rose...
arises compassionate being...
dressing itself transparently...
in a magical way of seeing...
bloom again...blossoming spring...
in winter if you will...
with colors of the rainbow...
allow Being to fill...
raindrops rest on roses...
as teardrops touch the face...
petals fall...revealing all...
each blossoming, simply, grace...
StarLight Dancing...Posted 1 year ago # -
Bridges to Being...
like crossing a bridge without footing...
no hand rails to grasp, per say...
a loosening of even a definite path...
just of feeling of motion in sway...
no ground underneath you to speak of...
just a presence of Being that's bliss...
illuminating all around you in space...
as time, gives experiencing, as is...
feel the nails of the bridge as they loosen...
trust the falling foundations of stone...
let go of the hand rails, as they disappear...
knowing, that Being, is home...
StarLight Dancing...Posted 1 year ago # -
Hello star,
Thanks for sharing your blog star. i did just read it...
take care :)
Posted 1 year ago # -
star
what have you done so far with tsk?
I just watched 2 of Dr Purser's videos on youTube, the content sounds interesting although his presentation skills are lousy.
Posted 1 year ago # -
"what have you done so far with tsk?"
been disenthroned from my ivory tower of 'thinking' there was a 'me' to 'know' anything...
my structures are in shambles...what i thought i knew has crumbled...hopefully i will not rebuild using the same old patterns of knowledge...by way of the same old patterns of thinking...
right now, i am noticing thoughts, before they have a chance to stabelize and confirm experience...and integrating at lower levels that i appeared to have bypassed on my way to bliss...LOL...and realizing what an idiot i am...sounds like fun huh?
Posted 1 year ago # -
star,
Sometimes, deeper introspection is helped in a peaceful, safe, trusted, even quieter environment.
TSK's 'watching thoughts' exercises reminds me very much of some Buddhist practises. In particular an 'intense' vipassana 10-day golden silence mediation retreat done 10 years ago in the sanctuary of the 'Blue Mountains' about 150km west of Sydney, Australia.
Admidst the avalanche of thoughts, pain, confusion, the doubts, the whys, the whats the point of it all, finding no solace or comfort in 'thoughts', it was the first time i really saw the wonder of a duck stand on one leg wrapping itself in in itself to keep warm. Namaste
*a smile*
Posted 1 year ago # -
that sounds wonder-filled fin...something i have been noticing about myself for the past several months, is that i have a deep attachment, or longing, or maybe just an identity with nature...i grew up as a child vacationing in the Smokey Mountains, and spent a lot of time in the natural parks in several states; being from Tennessee, where the seasons are beautiful and the landscape heaven, i feel my very Being a part of all of nature...i resonate with nature and those humans that cannot defend themselves, not b/c of something noble, but b/c of something deep within me, like it is part of my very Being that is being destroyed...but then, we know, that Being cannot be destroyed...but it has caused me to have a deep appreaciation for the beauty that form allows...and all of life gives...
then again, maybe i am just sick to death of all the concrete and crime, and utter destruction of that beauty that earth has given...and i feel helpless in the face of it all...
thank you for your kind words of encouragement...always, star...
Posted 1 year ago # -
fin,
Wow, a 10 day vipasna. That is very impressive. Have never gone on retreat myself although I know some people who have, many of whom ran away scared of what they saw within a day or two. lol
It is funny how we are so scared to see the true nature of Identity.
Bless
Posted 1 year ago # -
star,
Much love to you sister. There is nothing more peaceful that nature fe true.
:o)
Posted 1 year ago # -
one thing for sure...we are all in this together...and i don't think any of us here on this little forum, wish for anything other than goodness and beauty for all of humanity...
i suppose it could be considered as a 'selfish' thing...i just would love to know that our children and theirs will continue to know the joy of living, and the beauty of life that this earth continues to give us...this 'human' journey is an amazing one, that holds so much potential...i am appreciating that more and more...and hopefully will continue to discover new and compassionate ways of expressing that...
joy*
Posted 1 year ago # -
"one thing for sure...we are all in this together...and i don't think any of us here on this little forum, wish for anything other than goodness and beauty for all of humanity..."
Amen to that sister.
Posted 1 year ago # -
star,
thanks big sister, so glad to see you back sharing insights in this little wondrous forum. Definately can resonate with you, star, nature, animals, and mountains reaching to space raise the hair on ends ... :)
hey abbs,
Thanks brother for the kind thoughts. Really, its no big deal, although you're correct many did leave.
People would expect, and i did, that you would experience such peace suddenly dropping everything, leaving a busy city life into tranquil lush settings disturbed by the rustling of trees and birds. Not necessarily so.
The trauma faced with such 'peace' can be overwhelming. Astounding. You cling to anything to distract you from meditation and an almost unbearable direct confrontation with mind and its tiring world conditioned in circled thoughts, imaging, confusion & dissillusionment. On the rare occasions the mind was still, accidental spontaneous glimpses were present, that i passed off at the time, more focused on the trauma. :)
*hugs* guys
Posted 1 year ago # -
Tapestry of Knowledge...
Oh blessed eye that opens and allows such light to shine...
Then breaks wide open heart of love, threading space with time...
Such knowing dancing in such bliss, such beauty never born...
Stardust works such magic in the heavens she adorns...
The moon is spun in darkness where unknowing is revealed...
In the endless open sky where magic spins it’s real...
Oh Goddess, spinner of these truths with spirit you do play...
You laugh and dance, create romance and spin a rainy day...
The heavens cradle you so sweet, just like you cradle me...
You spin a tapestry in space of time that knowing frees...
Like snow white you woke me up...with a dark and endless kiss...
That births the light of knowing...and parts the magic mists...
Never to return again to ignorance, wisdom blooms...
Being spends eternity, dancing on the moons...
You are the needle and the thread, you breathed this time and space...
A tapestry of knowledge dances joy in no set place...
Starlight Dancing...Posted 11 months ago # -
For anyone interested, here is one of my latest blogs on TSK...I am in the middle of participating in an online class that is opening the self/ego/I up to investigation...it has been pretty cool so far...anyways, here is the link...
http://tlcoriginals.gaia.com/blog/2009/10/the-queen-and-i-tsk-1
Posted 8 months ago # -
Wonder~Filled Magic...
What is this wonder~filled magic...
That transforms our sorrow to joy...
Like a rainbow that opens its ribbon of sky...
Lets awareness peek in...flies passion so high...
Lifts all the blue...reveals color instead...
Raising our energy...when it is near dead...
Turns tears to laughter...frowning to smiles...
Allowing for bliss...wearing beauty awhile...
Tapping into this magical flow...
Nothing is held...and nothing’s let go...
Yet Joy of Being is dancing in rain...
Amidst all the sorrow...amidst all the pain...
Being opens space, for energy that’s free...
Dancing in time...knowing can breathe...
Wonder~filled magic...born on gratitudes wing...
Opening space in mind...for times heart to sing...
Accepting this magic...this knowing as real...
Opens experience, to joy of being...to feel...
A shifting of mind...
Brings an opening of heart...
Where joy can create...
Nourishing all parts...
So grateful for wonder~filled magic...
That transforms our sorrow to joy...
Lets awareness peek in...flies passion so high...
Like a rainbow that opens its ribbon of sky...
Starlight Dancing...Posted 7 months ago # -
INSIDE OF ME AND YOU...
In places dark and deep inside...
We’re not supposed to feel...
There hides a rage infested...
With the suffering world so real...
Taught not to believe in monsters...
Yet the beast is under our bed...
And all the lies we tell ourselves...
Keeps the crazies warm and fed...
So instead of facing...
What is honest and is true...
We make believe and hide behind...
A fantasy or two...
We tell ourselves that it’s ok...
It’s alright to pretend...
Who wants to face reality...
And so the truth we bend...
But then when truth is broken...
Our imaginations dead...
And all the horrors of this world...
Racing inside our head...
Looking to find a way out...
A way for truth to breathe...
Hope is dead and done for...
What’s left to believe...
We’ve taken what is pure and whole...
We’ve limited what is true...
We’ve managed to kill wonder...
Inside of me and you...
Starlight Dancing...Posted 4 months ago #
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